Maelstrom is a rather heterogeneous network comprised of way too many random technologies and has at some point consisted of far too many OS and architecture variants to get into the gory details here.
My experience with computers through college had been Sparcs and SGIs, so I decided to get one of each. That led to a foggy time period out of which came a gaggle of machines that at one point ballooned to about 50 or so - antiquated SPARC-based machines, a bunch of SGI Indigo2s, NeXT boxen, and far too many PC/x86 machines. I've paired down significantly, but the madness has not ended.
The table below shows a likely inaccurate view of what may or may not be currently around. The server and workstation list is pretty accurate, but far too many laptops seem to bounce around these days and the desire to keep this up-to-date just doesn't exist. Those that are currently used are in a black font while those that are currently down (but would be fully-functional if turned on) are in red. Those in dark blue are in various stages of (dis)repair but may still be useful for parts or are otherwise not quite ready to be condemned to the scrap heap (IE: I may find a way to pawn them off on a poor, unsuspecting visitor.)
Below is a summary of the machines:
| Machine | Architecture | Operating System | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| aredhel | Dell PowerEdge SC1425: Xeon (x86-64), 2 processors at 3200 MHz. | Windows Server 2008 (x86 (64-bit)) | |
| ulmo | SunFire V240: Sun Ultra IIIci (sparcv9), 2 processors at 1280 MHz. | Solaris 10 08/07 (SPARC (64-bit)) | |
| maedhros | Dell Precision 470: Xeon (x86-64), 2 processors at 3200 MHz. | Windows XP Pro (x86) | |
| mandos | Dell PowerEdge SC1425: Xeon (x86-64), 2 processors at 3200 MHz. | Solaris 10 10/08 (x86-64) | |
| olorin | HP Workstation xw6000: Xeon (x86), 2 processors at 2400 MHz. | Windows XP Pro (x86) | |
| maglor | HP tc4400: Core2 Duo (x86-64), at 2333 MHz. | Windows Vista (x86 (64-bit)) | |
| lorien | Dell Precision M70: Pentium M (x86), at 2000 MHz. | Windows XP Pro (x86) | |
| aragorn | HP Workstation xw6200: Xeon (x86-64), 2 processors at 3000 MHz. | Windows XP Pro (x86) | |
| tinuviel | SGI Indigo2 IMPACT: R10000 (MIPS), at 195 MHz. | IRIX 6.5.21 (MIPS) | |
| earendil | SGI Indigo2: R4400 (MIPS), at 250 MHz. | IRIX 6.5.21 (MIPS) | |
| beowulf | SGI Indigo2 IMPACT: R10000 (MIPS), at 195 MHz. | IRIX 6.5.21 (MIPS) | |
| melian | SGI Indigo2: R4400 (MIPS), at 200 MHz. | IRIX 6.5.21 (MIPS) | |
| luthien | SGI Indigo2 IMPACT: R10000 (MIPS), at 195 MHz. | IRIX 6.5.21 (MIPS) | |
| thingol | SGI Indigo2 IMPACT: R10000 (MIPS), at 195 MHz. | IRIX 6.5.21 (MIPS) | |
| adunaphel | Dell PowerEdge 350: Pentium III (x86), at 1266 MHz. | OpenBSD 4.4 (SPARC (64-bit)) | |
| dior | SGI Indigo2 IMPACT: R10000 (MIPS), at 195 MHz. | IRIX 6.5.21 (MIPS) | |
| erenion | SPARC 10: Super SPARC (sun4m), 2 processors at 60 MHz. | Solaris 9 (SPARC (32-bit)) | |
| glaurung | Sun Ultra 10: Sun Ultra-II (sun4u), at 466 MHz. | OpenBSD 4.4 (SPARC (64-bit)) | |
| khamul | SPARC IPX: SPARC (sun4c), at 40 MHz. | OpenBSD 3.2 (SPARC (32-bit)) | |
| smaug | SPARC 20: Super SPARC (sun4m), 2 processors at 60 MHz. | Solaris 9 (SPARC (32-bit)) | |
| gothmog | SPARC 20: Hyper SPARC (sun4m), 4 processors at 125 MHz. | Debian Linux 3.0 (SPARC (32-bit)) | |
| sauron | Sun Ultra 2: Sun Ultra-II (sun4u), 2 processors at 300 MHz. | Solaris 9 (SPARC (64-bit)) | |
| morgoth | Dell Precision 470: Xeon (x86-64), 2 processors at 3200 MHz. | Solaris 10 10/08 (x86-64) | |
| hurin | NeXT Slab: Motorola 68030 (m68k), at 25 MHz. | NeXTStep 3.3 (m68k) | |
| turin | NeXT Cube: Motorola 68020 (m68k), 4 processors at 20 MHz. | NeXTStep 3.3 (m68k) | |
| tuor | NeXT Cube: Motorola 68020 (m68k), at 20 MHz. | NeXTStep 3.3 (m68k) | |
| huor | NeXT Cube: Motorola 68020 (m68k), at 20 MHz. | NeXTStep 3.3 (m68k) | |
| morwen | NeXT Cube: Motorola 68020 (m68k), at 20 MHz. | NeXTStep 3.3 (m68k) |
All of this exists in a misguided attempt to allow for role-playing, fantasy football, display of photographs, the occasional tinkering with network infrastructure before I implement it elsewhere, home e-mail, file serving, home media streaming, and other stuff...
